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FIG Working Week 2020 +1
April 2020
FIG Working Week 2020 in the Netherlands will be moved to 2021
On 25 March, with heavy hearts, we had to cancel FIG Working Week 202
that should have taken place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, due to the
COVID-19 situation.
After it was clear to us that we had to cancel FIG Working Week 2020
we have worked intensely on finding a solution that would be the best
for all who had registered, for sponsors and for exhibitors.
It has turned out that, very generously, the local organisers for the
Working Week 2021 from Ghana have offered that the FIG Working Week that
should have taken place in the Netherlands in 2020, can be held in the
Netherlands in 2021 (instead of Ghana).
It is a very special and generous offer from the Ghanaian Local
Organising Committee for which both FIG Council and the Dutch Local
Organisers are very grateful. This is showing real FIG spirit to come up
with such an offer!
FIG Council has therefore made the following decisions:
- The FIG Working Week 2021 will be held in the Netherlands
instead of Ghana, and the Dutch Local Organisers have accepted this
special offer so that their preparations have not been done in vain.
- Due to this very special offer, the FIG Working Week 2024 will
be given to Ghana without competition. It will be a pleasure to
welcome you all to Ghana in 2024, and we hope that you will support
FIG Working Week 2024.
- The two bids that have been received for FIG Working Week 2024
will be moved to 2025. The bidding for 2025, which will take place
next year in the Netherlands, will not be re-opened for other
bidders.
These decisions will mean that the expenditures that have been held
for these preparations can be moved to 202 and that we will also be able
to transfer in full registration fees, sponsorship packages and
exhibition stands to 2021. This minimizes the loss for both the local
organizing committee and FIG.
An email will be sent directly to participants, sponsors and
exhibitors.
We are very happy that we can come up with this solution, and
grateful to the Ghanaian Local Organising Committee for making this
option possible.
It is with pleasure that we can therefore invite to you
FIG Working Week 2021 (...or 2020 +1) in the Netherlands.
FIG and the Dutch Local Organising Committee are now looking forward
to working on the details of the preparations for the Working Week 2021
and we will get back with more information as soon as it is possible.
Louise Friis-Hansen
24 April 2020
